Winner, Votes & Party Details
Bihar Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Purnea Lok Sabha Constituency General Election 1998 Results: Jay Krishna Mandal of BJP won with 2,65,096 votes, defeating Rajesh Ranjan of SP, who received 2,29,279 votes. Jay Krishna Mandal won by a margin of 35,817 votes, equivalent to 5.13% of the total votes polled. Total votes polled were 6,98,282.
Full candidate-wise results and vote share details are given below.
2,65,096
37.96%
2,29,279
32.83%
1,02,297
14.65%
58,225
8.34%
IND
24,851
3.56%
LS
6,637
0.95%
JP
5,496
0.79%
IND
2,941
0.42%
SSD
2,425
0.35%
IND
1,035
0.15%